Chrisy — girls' name
216 babies named Chrisy in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
216 girls have been named Chrisy since 1959, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1990.
- 216
- total births
- 1959–1990
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Chrisy was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Chrisy in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chrisy
The Social Security Administration has registered 216 babies named Chrisy between 1959 and 1990, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chrisy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chrisy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chrisy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chrisy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 216 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chrisy at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chrisy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1959
- Peak year (1978)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
216 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 19 births in a single year.
Chrisy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 90 births that decade — 42% of Chrisy's all-time total
Chrisy decade highlights
- Peak decade 90 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Chrisy's strongest decade
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1959–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.